Proposal Manager

Edgewater Federal Solutions, Inc. is seeking a motivated and knowledgeable Proposal Manager/Writer to join our Growth Enablement Team. This position is responsible for ensuring proposal processes are effectively and efficiently implemented and managed. Exceptional writing and editing skills are critical to the success of this role. The Proposal Manager/Writer develops high-quality proposals that are compliant with every RFP/Q requirement, tell a coherent and compelling story, and integrate differentiators and win themes. Must bring critical thinking skills toward proposal strategy, solutioning, and translating customer needs into a compelling and compliant value proposition. This position will work directly with our Business Development and Capture teams to formulate artifacts prior to RFP release, helping to position Edgewater in the marketplace.

Additionally, this position will provide coaching to our Solutions Development teams and assist them in creating marketing materials for customer and partner meetings.

Overall management, oversight, and tracking of all activities relevant to the development, production, and revision of assigned proposals.
• Manage technical volumes and sections, including technical and management approach, personnel and staffing approach, past performance, and corporate experience.
• Write and lead technical, management, resume, and past performance volumes.
• Work as part of a collaborative team to clearly articulate a solution and strategy, approach to performing the work, experience, win themes, and discriminators.
• Apply communication and interviewing skills to gather needed information from internal and external personnel to support writing activities.
• Write clear, persuasive, and articulate proposal sections; translate complex ideas into easily understandable text.
• Keep a consistent style and writing standards, ensure technical accuracy, and devotion to documentation standards under tight deadlines
• Develop and implement process improvements to help improve proposal quality
• Create and curate a content library of prose, briefs, and graphics for use across the business
• Prepare status reports and briefings for management; prepare, present, conduct, and participate in reviews at all stages of the proposal.
• Ensure 100% on-time delivery of compliant and compelling proposals on all assigned opportunities.
• Collaborate with BD, Capture, and Solutions teams to create materials in support of various Edgewater offerings.
• Support marketing team to include white papers and graphics development.

Education:

• Bachelor's (or equivalent) with 5 to 8 years of experience proposal writing, proposal preparation, and marketing.

Experience:

• Demonstrated experience leading single and multi-award (IDIQ, BPA, self-scoring, task order) proposals across the Federal Government.
• Understanding of the proposal development process and strong technical writing experience.
• Determine proposal requirements and coordinate with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and managers to draft technical content and refine technical responses.
• Ability to review and edit proposal content for clarity, grammar, and proper use of technical or customer terminology.
• Research, outline, write and edit new and existing content, working closely with various departments to understand project requirements.
• Effective communication and interviewing skills to gather needed information from internal and external personnel in support of writing activities.
• Familiarity with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement (DFARS) is preferred.
• Demonstrated history of providing sales coaching to business development, capture, and solutions teams.
• Demonstrated history of driving a growth culture throughout an organization.

Technical Requirements:

• Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams
• Customer relationship management (CRM) software
• Business Intelligence tools such as Govwin, Sam.gov, USASpending.gov and FedConnect.

Additional benefits include:

• Paid Time Off & Holiday Pay
• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Disability, Life Insurance, and AD&D
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre-Tax 401K and/or After-Tax Roth IRA (with employer matching contribution)
• Tuition and Technical Training Reimbursement
• Exercise Reimbursement
• Computer Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program

About Us:

Edgewater Federal Solutions is a privately held government contracting firm located in Frederick, MD. The company was founded in 2002 with the vision of being highly recognized and admired for supporting customer missions through employee empowerment, exceptional services and timely delivery. Edgewater Federal Solutions is ISO 9001, 20000-1, 270001 certified, appraised at CMMI Level 3 Maturity for Development and Services, and has been named in the Top Workplaces in the Greater Washington Area Small Companies for 2018 through 2023.

It has been and continues to be the policy of Edgewater Federal Solutions to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, and/or other statuses protected by applicable law.